Me: Yay! People said the humour was good in the last one!

Lloyd: But it was mostly making fun of Dad and Yuan.

Me: It was funny.

Lloyd: Wow…you're mean…

Me: Shut up and say the disclaimer.

Lloyd: Akuma owns nothing…

Kratos, Yuan, Martel, and Mithos were lost in the woods. And they walked around in circles for hours. Pretty soon the sun started to set, and they were still completely lost. "God…I'm starving…" Kratos said with his stomach growling.

"Yuan glared at him, "How can you be thinking about food at a time like-" Yuan stopped when his stomach started growling too. He turned red.

"Ha, you shouldn't't act so cool cause you're hun-" Kratos stopped and started looking around.

"Kratos…what's wrong?" Martel asked.

"I smell food. My mom is making dinner…" Kratos turned around and stepped through the trees. The others followed him. And it turned put that Kratos's house was right there the whole time.

Yuan was mad beyond words and grabbed Kratos by the shirt. "You dumb ass! We were here the whole time?!"

"Awww…wittle getting baby getting cwanky?" Kratos said in a babyish voice.

"That's it!" Yuan was about to punch Kratos, when someone opened the door of the house.

"Kratos? Oh thank goodness you're home safe." A woman with red hair said.

"Oh, hey mom…dad home yet?" Kratos said smiling.

"No…not yet…" She said sadly as she looked down.

"He isn't here yet because of us isn't he…" Yuan said still holding Kratos's shirt.

"No. It isn't your fault." Mrs. Aurion said smiling. "Let's go inside. I just finished making dinner."

Everyone went inside and ate. Kratos and Yuan who were the hungriest ate like animals. Everyone just started staring at them. They ate one serving after another. It was actually kind of funny, especially when they started choking on it.

Soon it was time for them to go to bed. Mithos and Martel each got their own rooms, and Yuan had to share with Kratos. You can only imagine Yuan's face when he found out. He wanted to share with Mithos instead, but apparently Mithos's room was too small for two people.

Yuan laid on his sleeping mat and turned away from Kratos, towards the wall. Kratos laid on his bed looking at the ceiling. "So…how'd you like school?" Kratos asked trying to start a conversation.

You were there dumb ass. Now leave me alone…"

"At least tell me about you're village…"

"…it was worse than here…"

"It was that bad?" Kratos asked sitting up.

"Yeah, cause of my dad…you wouldn't understand…"

"Really…try me."

Yuan sat up and looked at Kratos, "He was the one that kicked us out. He's the village leader and the one that killed my mom…"

Kratos's eyes widened in shock, "What?"

Yuan smirked, "But I didn't find out about that until a bit before we got kicked out. Cause you see, half elves weren't allowed in the village, and since my dad was the leader it would be weird for him to have a half elf son. So he told everyone that my mom was killed by humans, he told me that I was a pure blood elf…he tried everything he could to make sure I became exactly how he wanted. I probably would have…but then I met Martel. She and Mithos were an exception to the rule, but they were shunned and struggled. I decided to help them, I didn't see a difference between us, but then I've always felt that I was different from all the other elves, and I was right…when my dad found out I was helping Martel and Mithos he started locking me out, so I learned to pick locks. He started making me practice magic more and if I couldn't do it he'd hit me with the spell I was trying to do. I could never do anything right…then I was wandering around in the forest and I saw a spirit…"

"A spirit? You sure you weren't dreaming?"

Yuan glared at him, "It was my mom…" Kratos stared at him as if he were crazy, "That was when I found out I was a half elf…and that my dad killed her there for the sake of his position in the village…"

"…"

"Soon the village found out, and demanded that the half elves were kicked out…and here we are…"

"…you guys really went through a lot…"

"…yeah…you know, it hurts…"

"What hurts?"

"I actually used to admire him…but then he was the cause of my pain the whole time…" Yuan laid down and turned towards the wall.

Kratos laid in his bed and said, "…you'd be surprised hoe I can relate to that…"

That got Yuan's attention, "What are you talking about? You're dad's great."

"He isn't my real dad…he's a step dad…and he adopted me as his real son…"

"What happened to your real dad?"

"…my mom and I ran away from him…you see, when my mom and him were married they were actually happy…but he hated kids, he said he never wanted one…and then I was born. And that's when things started to become hell for us. He helped take care of me and raise me at first, and I actually really liked him then. I looked up to him. When I got older I started realizing what was going on. Behind my mom's smile was permanent her eyes were full of pain…but she kept smiling. I started to see why it was so bad for her…my dad, no Sarki…he beat her…it was my fault…if I weren't born she probably would've been happy…"

"…well I'm the reason for my mom's death…"

"…Jason…my dad now, when my mom finally took me and ran away, he helped her. They were complete strangers. But it was like they had always known each other. Jason is a Greek name…it means healer. Kinda funny huh? That's exactly what he did. After meeting him, my mom's smiles were real…it was great…"

"…you're lucky…you have a place to go to…you have people that care about you…"

Yuan fell asleep after he said that. Kratos said quietly, "You do too…there're four of them…" And then Kratos drifted off to sleep too.

Mithos was in his room. He was in deep thought, he had trouble sleeping. "What's going to happen…" He couldn't sleep, he was afraid to. He had a strange feeling that something was going to happen…but what?

"Mithos?" Martel said, speaking through the wall.

"Martel?"

"I have a weird feeling something's going to happen…"

"…I-I do too…"

"…Mithos…if anything happens, promise me that you'll be safe…"

"…of course…"

"Thanks…we should go to sleep now…good night…"

"Good night Martel…" Mithos eventually drifted off to sleep. He couldn't see very clearly, but he could make out shapes and image, he heard screaming. He saw something fall in front of him but he couldn't tell what. He saw red everywhere…it was blood. Mithos woke up gasping for air. What was that? He got up and realized it was morning. He went downstairs and saw everyone talking.

"You're awake now, huh sleepy head?" Martel said smiling.

Mithos smiled back and said, "So, what are we gonna do now?"

Jason said, "Well, it would probably best if you guys went to find a safer place to go because people here are brutal when it comes to half elves…"

"…but then, that's how the whole world is, isn't it…" Yuan said.

"…Maybe we can change that." Kratos said.

"How…"

"The war is still going n right now. Maybe if we can find a way to end it…"

"How are we supposed to end the war?"

"I don't know…"

"…you're no help…"

There was a knock on the door. "The soldiers have returned!" It was someone from town. Jason nodded and said a few things that no one else was able to hear and the townsperson left.

Jason went back to the rest of the group, "The soldiers came back because someone crossed the boarder from Tethe'alla…"

"They're here for us…" Mithos said quietly. The Aurion family looked at him. "When we were kicked out of the village the only place we thought would be free of discrimination would be Sylverant…but we were wrong…and now we're going to get you guys in trouble…"

Everyone became quiet until Yuan spoke, "If we can get out of here unseen, we might be able to keep them from getting in trouble…"

"…all right…but be careful…"

Yuan, Martel, and Mithos snuck out the back and went through the woods, but the problem was they didn't know where to go or the way through the forest. They heard footsteps coming towards them from different directions. Soldiers saw them. One of them said, "There they are. Hey, aren't they half elves?"

Another said, "Yeah they're probably the ones that got kicked out…their probably here to spy on us now. Damned things…"

Yuan heard what they were saying and lost his temper, "Why don't you pathetic humans just shut up and let us go?! Like hell we'd ever help the ones that are the cause of our misery!"

"Why you, looks like we'll have to put you in your place." The soldiers went to attack Yuan, but were struck down from behind. It was Kratos.

"You didn't think I would let you guys get attacked did you? Well, I'm gonna help you guys get out of here…" Kratos held a sword stained in the blood of the soldiers.

He led Yuan, Martel, and Mithos through the forest. They heard screaming coming from the town. Yuan stopped, "The people in town are suffering because of us…I'm going back."

"What? Yuan!" Martel yelled, as Yuan ran back towards the town.

He was greeted by soldiers. They started fighting. He managed to knock one unconscious and took their spear. He fought and he eventually got very tired. A soldier was about to strike him down, but they were blocked by Kratos.

He helped Yuan up and they fought side by side. The soldiers retreated calling the town a place of traitors. They left after killing many people and burning most of the buildings. After they left the survivors came out, Kratos's parents were among them. The townspeople were yelling at them. Soon Martel and Mithos came in. Kratos left them in the forest. The townspeople started blaming them for it all.

"…don't worry…we're leaving…" Yuan said. He, Martel, and Mithos said good bye to the Aurions and left the remains of the town.

Kratos watched as they left when Jason said "Go with them. You never felt like you really belonged here, so go find your place in this world…your mother and I will be fine. We just want you to be happy."

Kratos nodded and said his last good byes to his parents and left the village to go catch up with his new friends.

Me: Done…

Lloyd: …you turned dad's town into Iselia…

Me: Yup…added more angst in this one too…I have to find a balance…

Lloyd: You're making their lives hell…damn your evil.

Me: Thank you. Now I'm asking readers to review…I wasn't gonna ask, but what the hell…